1997 MLB Draft

The 1997 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1997. A total of 1607 players were drafted over the course of 92 rounds.

First round selections

Supplemental first round selections

Compensation Picks

Other notable players

*Randy Wolf, 2nd round, 54th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
*Scott Linebrink, 2nd round, 56th overall by the San Francisco Giants
* Tyler Walker, 2nd round, 58th overall by the New York Mets
*Jeff Weaver, 2nd round, 62nd overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
* Aaron Cook, 2nd round, 70th overall by the Colorado Rockies
*Rick Ankiel, 2nd round, 72nd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
*Chase Utley, 2nd round, 76th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
*Jeremy Affeldt, 3rd round, 91st overall by the Kansas City Royals
*John Grabow, 3rd round, 92nd overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
* Scott Downs, 3rd round, 94th overall by the Chicago Cubs
*Eric Byrnes, 4th round, 130th overall by the Houston Astros, but did not sign
*Chone Figgins, 4th round, 132nd overall by the Colorado Rockies
* Xavier Nady, 4th round, 134th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
* Derrick Turnbow, 5th round, 146th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
* Michael Young, 5th round, 149th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
* DeWayne Wise, 5th round, 158th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
*Randy Choate, 5th round, 169th overall by the New York Yankees
* Horacio Ramírez, 5th round, 172nd overall by the Atlanta Braves
*Tim Hudson, 6th round, 185th overall by the Oakland Athletics
*Mike Lamb, 7th round, 227th overall by the Texas Rangers
*Cliff Lee, 8th round, 246th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign
* Scott Williamson, 9th round, 278th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
* Toby Hall, 9th round, 294th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
*Garrett Atkins, 10th round, 300th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
* Michael Wuertz, 11th round, 334th overall by the Chicago Cubs
* Jerry Hairston Jr., 11th round, 345th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
* Joel Piñeiro, 12th round, 373rd overall by the Seattle Mariners
*Ross Gload, 13th round, 396th overall by the Florida Marlins
* Jeremy Guthrie, 15th round, 450th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
*Jason Michaels, 15th round, 464th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
* Shawn Camp, 16th round, 500th overall by the San Diego Padres
*Johnny Estrada, 17th round, 506th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
* David Eckstein, 19th round, 581st overall by the Boston Red Sox
*Mark Hendrickson, 20th round, 599th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
* Tim Redding, 20th round, 610th overall by the Houston Astros
* J. C. Romero, 21st round, 633rd overall by the Minnesota Twins
* D. J. Carrasco, 26th round, 795th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
* Mike González, 30th round, 902nd overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
*Nick Punto, 33rd round, 993rd overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
*Alex Cintrón, 36th round, 1103rd overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
* Brandon Lyon, 37th round, 1110th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
*Scot Shields, 38th round, 1137th overall by the Anaheim Angels
*Orlando Hudson, 43rd round, 1280th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
*David DeJesus, 43rd round, 1281st overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
* Brad Hawpe, 46th round, 1344th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
* Chad Qualls, 52nd round, 1444th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
*Aaron Heilman, 55th round, 1488th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
*Heath Bell, 69th round, 1583rd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
* Willie Harris, 90th round, 1605th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign

NFL players drafted

*Javon Walker, 12th round, 366th overall by the Florida Marlins
*Antwaan Randle El, 14th round, 424th overall by the Chicago Cubs, but did not sign
*Marques Tuiasosopo, 34th round, 1023rd overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
*Freddie Mitchell, 47th round, 1379th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign

NHL players drafted

* Paul Manning 20th round, 619th overall by the New York Yankees

See also

*Major League Baseball
*Major League Baseball Draft
* List of MLB first overall draft choices
* Rule 5 Draft

External links

Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube databaseMLB.com's section on the draft

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